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they that the street boys were hunting them with their caps 

 as a pastime. There appeared to be good reason for beheving 

 that migratory swarms of this species arrived on our east 

 coast from time to time, and any evidence tending to confirm 

 this supposition would be valuable; and although, in this 

 instance, it might not now be possible to obtain direct 

 evidence, it would be useful if any one was in a position to 

 say whether the species had been common in Heme Bay in 

 the seasons immediately preceding i8gi, or, indeed, in any 

 recent years. It would also be interesting to know whether 

 the insect continued to occur in considerable numbers in the 

 district in years to come. 



Mr. Newberry exhibited several fine species of Indian 

 Coleoptera, and a large water-bug, together with an example 

 of the Dublin prawn {Nephrops norvegicus) . 



Mr. West (Greenwich) exhibited an example of the very 

 rare beetle Gynandrophthalma ajfinis taken at Wychwood, 

 Oxfordshire, in i8gg. The species was recognised as new 

 to the British List by Mr. Holland in 1902. 



Mr. H. Moore exhibited specimens of large species of 

 Coleoptera from Natal, together with a very prettily marked 

 larval form of a large Orthopteron. 



Dr. Chapman exhibited a series of brilliant but very small 

 specimens of Cyaniris argiolus from Moncayo, Spain, with 

 specimens of the gorgeous Arctia fasciata, which he had 

 recently bred from larvse obtained in the same locality. He 

 also showed a fine series of the beautiful ChrysopJumus 

 aiiiphidanias, bred from pupae obtained from Germany. The 

 amount of " shot " colour on some of the examples was 

 unusually large. 



Mr. Sich read a paper entitled " Notes on the Genus 

 Colcophora " (see page i), and a short discussion took place. 



FEBRUARY 2Sth, 1904. 



The President in the Chair. 



It was announced that three valuable works on the British 

 Fauna had been purchased for the Library by the Council, viz., 

 Hinck's " Marine Polyzoa,'-' Hinck's " Hydroid Zoophytes," 

 and Bate and Westwood's " Sessile-Eyed Crustacea." 



Mr. Edwards exhibited a striking variety of Hypena 

 rostralis, having a broad light-brown costa, a large blotch 

 about the middle of the hind margin extending one third 



